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Auction: 3028 - The "Grant" Collection of Stamps & Postal History of Great Britain
Lot: 2684

1941-42 2d. pale orange, a miscut booklet pane containing one complete and part tete-beche pair, part to full original gum; diagonal crease crosses one stamp in each pair (part of pre-printing production fault that caused the error) and some slightly trimmed perfs. though not detracting. Fine and extremely rare. A visually striking variety. S.G. 488b, £4500+. Photo Estimate £ 1,500-1,800 provenance: "Mey", 1990

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£2,700